Indeed, that is expected. Further in that FAQ section it mentions that
> On 7/22/15 4:34 PM, Mark Hiner wrote:
>
> Hi Aryeh,
>
> > Can someone out there tell me how to launch with java 6 without my
> having to remove java 8?
>
> I don't believe it's possible with Fiji right now due to limitations with
> the --java-home flag; the java 8 installation would have to be
> removed/renamed. This was alluded to in the FAQ but not stated explicitly.
> Apologies for that; I updated it to be clearer[1].
>
> Best,
> Mark
>
>
> Hi Mark -- thanks for your quick reply.
>
> Being naive -- I tried the following:
> /Applications/local/fiji/Fiji.app/Contents/MacOS/ImageJ-macosx --
> java-home '/System/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/1.6.0.jdk/Contents/Home'
>
> And it in fact did not work, in that about imagej informs me that it is
> using 1.8 .
>
> However, a side effect is that the interface looks different -- particular
> the script editor menus are now in the script editor window (instead of at
> the top of the screen).
>
> Unfortunately, the problems that seem to relate to the ROI manager and
> window updating are still there.
>
> Best regards
> --aryeh
>
>
>
> [1]
http://imagej.net/Frequently_Asked_Questions#On_OS_X>
> On Wed, Jul 22, 2015 at 8:09 AM, Aryeh Weiss <
[hidden email]> wrote:
>
>> On 7/22/15 1:43 PM, Gabriel Landini wrote:
>>
>>> On Tuesday 21 Jul 2015 22:31:01 Wayne wrote:
>>>
>>>> ImageJ using Java 8 performs GUI operations, like opening and closing
>>>> windows, a lot slower on Macs. The macro at
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>
http://imagej.nih.gov/ij/macros/RegressionTests.txt>>>>
>>> For some reason I do not seem to be able to find the
>>> "RegressionTest.js" file
>>> which is called in the 2nd line. Where can I download that from?
>>>
>>> If I remove that line, sometimes the macro aborts with the embryos image
>>> under
>>> java 1.6.0, claiming that there should be a stack to process (there is
>>> one
>>> called embryos-1.jpg) the error is "Convert Stack to Images requires a
>>> stack".
>>> Could this be a race condition?
>>>
>>> Anyway, the first run of the macro before that error, which shows the
>>> progress
>>> bar and stops for some secs shows "filter tester successful"
>>>
>>> Java 1.6.0_35: -> 37 sec then if it does not abort, total: 47 sec to
>>> the end.
>>> openkdk 1.7 : -> 508 sec total 522 to the end,
>>> Java 1.8.0_51: -> 703 sec, total: 714 sec to the end.
>>>
>>> 15 times slower??
>>>
>>> I have not figured out how to switch between 1.8 and 1.6 when running
>> Fiji under OSX (10.10.4).
>> I found this, but it does not work for me (to be fair, it says it will
>> not work...)
>> I have Java 1.6 in:
>> /System/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/1.6.0.jdk
>> and /usr/bin/java
>>
>> and java 1.8 lives in:
>> /Library/Internet Plug-Ins/JavaAppletPlugin.plugin
>>
>> Can someone out there tell me how to launch with java 6 without my having
>> to remove java 8?
>>
>> Thanks in advance
>> --aryeh
>>
>> --
>> Aryeh Weiss
>> Faculty of Engineering
>> Bar Ilan University
>> Ramat Gan 52900 Israel
>>
>> Ph: 972-3-5317638
>> FAX: 972-3-7384051
>>
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>> ImageJ mailing list:
http://imagej.nih.gov/ij/list.html>>
>
>
>
> --
> Aryeh Weiss
> Faculty of Engineering
> Bar Ilan University
> Ramat Gan 52900 Israel
>
> Ph: 972-3-5317638
> FAX: 972-3-7384051
>
>
>